Tie-holder



E. LARSON.

TIE HOLDER.

APPLIGATION' HYLED DEC. 22, 1919.

137L176. Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE- EAVER LARSON, 0F OGDEN, UTAH.

TIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed December 22, 1919. Serial No. 346,439. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EAVER LARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparel, particularly to neckties, and has for its object the provision of a novel form and holder for a necktie of the four-in-hand type whereby the tie will not only be maintained in proper position to have a neat appearance but which also serves as means whereby the tie may be secured upon a collar.

An important object is the provision of a made up tie of this character including a wire supporting frame so formed as to provide a rigid support within the knot of the tie, the tie being engaged between certain elements of the support whereby to be retained in proper shape so that it will always have the roper appearance.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which is formed from two lengths of wire cut and bent to shape and which will therefore be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, not likely to get out of order, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my tie,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the form alone.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the curved portion of the device which is adapted for engagement between the inner and outer portions of a turn down collar and 11 designates the tie supporting member. These two members are formed integral from a single length of wire which is bent to provide two V-shaped members 12 having their vertices formed as loops 13 and secured together as by a metal sleeve 14 crimped thereabout. This length of wire is further bent to provide spaced curved arms 15 which form the collar engaging portion 10 and one of which is a reflex bend of the other. This wire is so bent that the tie supporting portion 11 is disposed inclined downwardly with respect to the collar engaging portion 10 so that the knot of the tie formed upon the support 11 will be held at the proper position with respect to the collar upon which the device'is worn.

Secured to the wire at the bend formed at the juncture of the V-shaped members 12 with the curved arms 15 is another length of wire 16 which is bent into rectangular shape and coiled about each bend, as shown at 17 I also provide a thin spring wire 16 having its ends secured as shown at 18. Intermediate its ends, the wire 16 is bent upon itself as shown and curved to provide a plurality of collar button engaging notches 20 which are provided so that the device may be used with collars of different styles. The wire 16" is of suflicient springiness to permit the collar button to be passed from one notch into another in effecting proper adjustment.

The tie is designated by the numeral 21 and this tie is formed upon the support 11 by engaging one end between theV-shaped members 12, looping the tie about the support 11 to form the body, and then passing the free end of the tie through the last loop in the same manner as any four-in-hand tie is tied. At various suitable points it is preferable that some of the convolutions of the tie be sewed together, as indicated at 21. The support 11, being rigid, will hold the knot of the tie in proper position. After the tie is thus formed the device is applied by engaging the loop 20 upon the collarbutton with the arms 15 disposed between the inner and outer portions of the collar. I also make use of a length of elastic 22 provided at its ends with hooks 23 engageable within loops 24.- formed at the extremities of the arms 15 and this elastic is disposed between the inner and outer portions of the collar at the back thereof. It is of course understood that the device might also be used with a standing collar in which event the curved arms 15, with the exception of the loops at the extremities thereof, should be covered with the same fabric as that from which the tie is formed.

From the foregoing description and a plied to a collar and retained in proper position thereon.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it

is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim V A tie formof the character described comprising a curved collar engaging member and atie supporting portion all formed from a'length of wire bent intermediate its ends-to provide a: pair of downwardly converging V-shaped' members having their arms outwardly curved at. intervals to de-- fine a plurality of notches selectively engageable upon a collar button. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' EAVER LARSON. 

